By Robert Otto Valdez PhD – I am thrilled to announce that 2024 represents a momentous milestone: the 35th anniversary of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This is a time to reflect on our rich history, what we have accomplished, and the partners that helped us get to this moment.
Health IT product news from FDB, emtelligent, WellSpan Health, Ambience Healthcare, Lindus Health, TrustCommerce, Lyric Health, Harris Data Integrity Solutions, Rivet, Corcentric, eClinicalWorks, Panva Technology, Pager, UTM Healthcare, Azalea Health, Ontrak, ImagineSoftware, Maverick Health, and more.
What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more? News from Brafton, Amendola Communications, KNB Communications, Clarity Quest, Matter Communications, FINN Partners, Astonish Media Group, Innsena, Swaay.Health, and Merge.
March is National Kidney Month and our Friday Five seeks to help raise awareness about kidney disease, highlight disparities in chronic kidney disease, and teach readers a little bit about this hard working organ.
Healthcare Ready concluded a year-long initiative to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disaster-related trauma on the healthcare workforce and highlights significant losses and burnout among healthcare workers, especially those who serve rural, low-income, or racially and ethnically diverse populations.
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. This week’s Friday Five rounds up some resources and events regarding patient safety.
From the AHRQ Blog – A few decades ago, a band of creative thinkers envisioned that information technology could revolutionize healthcare. It seems obvious now. At the time, it was anything but. Those innovators foresaw how machines and related information systems could make delivering healthcare services more cost-efficient and improve the quality and safety of care.
As the first major deliverable of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), announced the ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health, which commits $100 million towards transformative research and development in women’s health.
Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations, applauds the introduction of the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (Match IT) Act of 2024 by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) in the US House of Representatives.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a transformational gift from Ruth Gottesman, EdD., Chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and Montefiore Health System board member. The $1B gift is the largest made to any medical school in the country.
By Katie Brenneman – Research shows that current and future advances in technologies have the potential to transform the overall healthcare system by facilitating home healthcare. In the past, accessing medical care was not convenient for everyone. However, with new healthcare technologies, not only is there now greater access to care, but the quality of patient care is also being much improved.
Health IT product news from Eagle Telemedicine, ZocDoc, GE Healthcare, CodaMetrix, athenahealth, Infermedica, Caregility, Cerebras Systems, Sensydia, DermaSensor Inc., eClinicalWorks, Lindus Health, Cohere Health, Amenities Health, Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation and more.